Developer is sought to usher in ‘next step’ of downtown Allentown’s ‘evolution’

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A parking lot in the shadow of the PPL Center soon could be the site of major redevelopment in Center City.

Allentown Parking Authority, state Sen. Nick Miller, city officials and City Center Group are seeking proposals to reimagine a swath of mostly vacant properties in the first block of North Seventh Street.

Those partners are looking to secure a developer who will build a mixed-use space, which likely means a building with ground-floor commercial units along Linden and Seventh streets, some of the city’s main corridors, with housing on upper floors…

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